diff --git a/mypy/checkexpr.py b/mypy/checkexpr.py
index 52a3affa81a9..b30e39c172bd 100644
--- a/mypy/checkexpr.py
+++ b/mypy/checkexpr.py
@@ -4536,13 +4536,7 @@ def check_list_multiply(self, e: OpExpr) -> Type:
 
         Type inference is special-cased for this common construct.
         """
-        right_type = self.accept(e.right)
-        if is_subtype(right_type, self.named_type("builtins.int")):
-            # Special case: [...] * <int value>. Use the type context of the
-            # OpExpr, since the multiplication does not affect the type.
-            left_type = self.accept(e.left, type_context=self.type_context[-1])
-        else:
-            left_type = self.accept(e.left)
+        left_type = self.accept(e.left, type_context=self.type_context[-1])
         result, method_type = self.check_op("__mul__", left_type, e.right, e)
         e.method_type = method_type
         return result
diff --git a/test-data/unit/check-inference-context.test b/test-data/unit/check-inference-context.test
index 3735f0183eb4..dbbee77b8b32 100644
--- a/test-data/unit/check-inference-context.test
+++ b/test-data/unit/check-inference-context.test
@@ -847,6 +847,12 @@ a: List[int]
 if int():
     a = [None] * 3  # E: List item 0 has incompatible type "None"; expected "int"
     a = [''] * 3  # E: List item 0 has incompatible type "str"; expected "int"
+
+def walrus(n: int | None) -> None:
+    a: List[int] = [n] * (n := 1)  # E: List item 0 has incompatible type "int | None"; expected "int"
+    n = None
+    b: List[object] = [(n := 1)] * n
+    reveal_type(n)  # N: Revealed type is "builtins.int"
 [builtins fixtures/list.pyi]
 
 [case testUnionTypeContext]